Surprise! House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called the bluff of Donald Trump and his Republican protectors in Congress by giving them what they’ve been begging for (but never really wanted): a full and public impeachment inquiry vote.
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Yes, while Trump was patting himself on the back and taking a victory lap on Monday for the military raid that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Pelosi was announcing an impeachment inquiry vote for Thursday, October 31st. Granted, this is no trick-or-treat, but Republicans still got tricked into a ploy that’s not going to treat them or ‘The Donald’ very well in the end.
Realizing early they couldn’t defend Trump’s actions that brought on the impeachment inquiry, the last-ditch strategy by the GOP was to attack the process. They threw temper tantrums and barked that the probe was being conducted behind closed doors, out of the public eye, and without their input. Trump even dusted off one of his old hits and lamented that Democrats were conducting “a witch hunt” and weren’t allowing him to defend himself. He insisted that the full House should vote before such an inquiry proceeds and vowed not to cooperate until a vote is allowed. Additionally, Republicans staged a circus-like act last week by barging (uninvited) into a House Intelligence Committee hearing and demanded that the process be open and not conducted behind closed doors.
Well, Speaker Pelosi heard them all — and she called their bluff.
On Thursday, an impeachment inquiry vote involving the full House of Representatives will take place. For Pelosi to schedule such a vote means she already has all the votes she needs to succeed. She’s also aware that Republicans will no longer be able to spin the argument that Democrats are operating in secret and that Trump will run out of excuses to further impede the investigation. Pelosi is about to give them what they’ve been asking for but never expected. The Trump impeachment inquiry vote will pass, then Democrats will be allowed to continue their investigation while Republicans grasp for new ways to defend ‘The Donald.’
Oh, and all the dirt against Donald Trump that’s previously been behind closed doors will now be made public for all the world to see.
So, there’s a huge lesson here and it comes in the form of an old saying: “Be careful what you ask for because you just might get it!”
Surprise! House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called the bluff of Donald Trump and his Republican protectors in Congress by giving them what they’ve been begging for (but never really wanted): a full and public impeachment inquiry vote. […]
First: Kudos DJ. You called it last week. I thought It’d be better for Dems to hold off a little while longer and then present their case in a grand display. But apparently Speaker Pelosi has come to the same conclusion that you did. Trump and his sycophants are full of it. And NOW is the time to call their bluff.
(in the voice of Yul Brenner as Rameses, Pharaoh of Egypt, in the movie ‘The Ten Commandments’)……..
“So let it be written. So let it be done”…lol